Post #31 by knighttof3 on the Bond Investing board

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This is nonsense.

BlackRock, i.e. ishares.com publishes YTM - yield to maturity(which is YTW - yield to worst - for non-callable bonds) for all bond funds. The IBTx (treasury bonds) funds are currently yielding 4-5% YTM. IBDx (corporate) even higher.

As a rule, broad bond funds or ETFs like AGG, SPAB, SCHZ or BND don't mature as such. But these do.

CharlieBinds needs to do their homework and not look at TTM yield or 30-day yield.

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